fire scrying

fire scrying

The difference is in the nature of the impressions that can be received. Mirrors and Crystal balls are static...Fire is not. The flames dance and sway...Pay attention to that. The manner and agitation level of the flame can tell you something as well as the direction in which the flame moves. Occasionally, the flame will change colors. These are all physical manifestations of the element. On another level, you need to pay attention to the actual images you receive. Sometimes shapes can be seen within the flames. Sometimes it will be images and impressions that seem to formulate in the mind. Be open to them, and like with the mirror, do not try to "grab" hold of any particular thought or image...let them flow, observe, but don't focus on any particular one. That is for later. You may find it helpful to make notes after your sittings of what you have seen and felt. This is often a good way to examine the images in depth without having to break stride during the actual scrying. It is possible to scry in a candle but a fireplace or a small blaze built in a portable barbecue work the best. because of the multiple sources of flame.

For as long as there has been fire, people have seen visions in it. Shamans would see visions of a good hunt in the campfire and then use its ashes to paint the visions on the cave walls to bring them about. Perhaps the oldest form of divination, fire scrying is one of the most primal (and beautiful) methods a witch has for "seeing the unseen". It is not an easy form, to be sure, but it can produce clearer results than any other method if done well.

Basically you look into a fire and see the shapes there. Take the seeds of images that the fire gives you and apply all the visualization skills you ever learned to get a coherent vision out. If you are not a good visualizer, this method is not for you. Then you have to figure out what the vision means. Yes, you saw a wolf chasing down a cloud and eating it, but you were wondering if you should take that class at the community college. Finding an appropriate meaning is often the really hard part.

Those searching for visions should find a dark, quiet, and open area. Cast a circle to set up the ritual space. Then invoke the flames, lighting the scrying bowl at the end of the invocation. Detailed instructions on preparing and lighting the scrying bowl are in the side article. How you invoke depends on your relations to fire. Keep it simple if you are not a fire person, go all out if you are a closet pyromaniac.

Use as little light as possible while casting and invoking. That will help set the mood and will make it easier to see the flames. Any colors you may see will be enhanced by the darkness. Fire is finicky. If the invoking flame keeps going out or the bowl just will not light, don't force it. Let it go and try again some other time. You don't want to see the visions that come from unwilling flames coerced into life with the repeated application of flammable liquids and mechanical aids.

Sit comfortably and stare into the fire. Watch the flames and see what shapes they make. Open and shut your eyes repeatedly. Try to make out the pattern the fire leaves behind your eyes. At first your mind will say it is just the shape of the fire, but put that aside. Picture the shape that it is most like. See the form it takes. This is not easy. It is the same process you use to see the shapes in the clouds (something we, here in Seattle, have a lot of experience with). When you get a vague image, go with it. Let the shapes change as your vision focuses. Open your eyes again and get a new form to help the vision continue to grow. Shapes can change and the vision can move. Just let the flames shape the images they will. With practice, supposedly you will move from an image to a movie in your mind (again the extent of the imagery you perceive is more a factor of your ability to "visualize" and not a reflection on your psychic ability)

After you have your visions, thank the now departed fire, open the circle, and try to make sense of what you have seen. Think about what you saw and ask what it means to you. With practice, anyone can see the visions in the flames. It is interpreting the visions that separates the oracles from the players - with - entrails. Just as anyone with a book can do a tarot reading, it takes skill and work to figure out what it means. I find most symbols to be too personal to give a general meaning list. If you are doing a reading for yourself, whatever you think the symbols mean is probably what they mean. If you are reading for someone else talk to them and ask lots of questions. If they don't know, suggest what you think, but their meanings are probably the best. If you have trouble coming up with meanings, a book on interpreting dreams will have most of the common symbols and their meanings listed.

Fire Scrying Chant When you wish to contact your psychic mind: Sit before a fire, close your eyes for a moment or so, relax, still your consciousness. Then open your eyes and look directly into the flames. Don't strain your eyes; blink normally. Take a deep breath. When you are at peace say these or similar words in a whispered voice:

Blazing fire As you dance, Give me now the Secret glance. Call upon my Second site; Make me psychic With your light. Blazing fire Shining bright, Give me now the Second sight. Information taken from: Widdershins E-Zine.....

it will take me a considerable amount of time...but i am adding the ABC's of divination to the site...i recently added in the C's section some info about different forms of fire scrying...hope u enjoy...and comments or questions u have please post them here and i will be happy to respond

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